I was having this problem on an XP machine with a REALTEK audio card built into my mobo. So I did a dxdiag (just enter it on the run menu) and reduced the sound acceleration to basic on the sound tab which turned on the voices and sound effects for me.
Thanks Mugs! This post came before I got here, so I'm afraid I missed it on my first pass, but that definitely sounds like the right thing to do. If it doesn't work, let me know.
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Yes. I can hear the music fine and so of the sound effects. I have Vista based Dell. A very new one.
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lord knows whats preloaded on that dell... sigh